UMass Boston Chancellor Marcelo Suárez-Orozco has announced the appointment of Jacqueline Schuman as the university's new director of athletics and recreation. Schuman, currently the senior associate athletic director at Colby College, will assume the role on July 19, 2021.

Schuman will be the first permanent female director of athletics in UMass Boston history. She takes the reins from Interim Director of Athletics Darlene Gordon, who guided the program through the past year after longtime leader Charlie Titus retired. 

In order to help recruit participants, an ad campaign was created using the slogan, “Tell-A-Friend about Data is Power."
In order to help recruit participants, an ad campaign was created using the slogan, “Tell-A-Friend about Data is Power."

Professor of Nursing Dr. Haeok Lee is the site principal investigator on a National Institute of Health/National Institute on Aging funded grant studying Alzheimer’s Disease in Asians.

Dr. Lance Fiondella with graduate students. (Photographer: Kindra Clineff)
Dr. Lance Fiondella with graduate students. (Photographer: Kindra Clineff)

Dr. Lance Fiondella, associate professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, is the 2021 recipient of the College of Engineering Faculty Award for Excellence in Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. Dr.

UMass Dartmouth sophomore Cameron Rodgers stands on podium along with fellow All-America honors recipients

Pictured: Sue Cunha, administrative assistant for the Department of Mechanical Engineering, & Jeff Beaudry, professional technician in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering.
Pictured: Sue Cunha, administrative assistant for the Department of Mechanical Engineering, & Jeff Beaudry, professional technician in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering.

Sue Cunha and Jeff Beaudry are the 2021 recipients

(Left to Right): LaToya Rene Robertson (’21), Kevin Joseph Burchill (J.D. ’21), Maria Valentina Roa (’21), Kristine C. Goodwin (J.D. ’20), and Mary Ellen Loomis (’20)
(Left to Right): LaToya Rene Robertson (’21), Kevin Joseph Burchill (J.D. ’21), Maria Valentina Roa (’21), Kristine C. Goodwin (J.D. ’20), and Mary Ellen Loomis (’20)

UMass Dartmouth has announced the student speakers for Commencement Weekend.

Heather Loring
Heather Loring

When SARS-CoV-2 required lab activity at UMass Medical School to ramp down and initially send all but essential staff home on March 13, 2020, the experiments Heather Loring, a PhD candidate in the GSBS Class of 2021, had been doing toward her dissertation were put on hold. And she had no idea when she’d be allowed to return to campus to start back up again.

The Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences recognized student scientists for academic achievement, mentoring, service and scholarship during a hybrid awards ceremony on Thursday, June 3. A new award for justice, equity, diversity and inclusion leadership was presented for the first time.

Terence R. Flotte, MD, the Celia and Isaac Haidak Professor, executive deputy chancellor, provost and dean of the School of Medicine, began his opening remarks by drawing parallels between the search for the cause of influenza and for COVID-19.

Completing a graduate nursing degree is a great challenge and a great achievement – especially during a once-in-a-century pandemic. The Graduate School of Nursing Class of 2021 celebrated its accomplishments at the annual pre-Commencement GSN Graduation Celebration on Thursday, June 3. Many faculty and students came together at the ceremony in the Albert Sherman Center Auditorium while others, along with family and friends, joined remotely via Zoom.

GenCyber graphicEighty high school students from across New England and New York will get a chance to learn about cybersecurity during a free, two-week virtual camp this summer.

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